Google Hangout with Eric Lusby and Mike Sawyer

Major League Lacrosse's Championship Weekend goes down this Saturday and Sunday at PPL Park in Chester, Pa., and the No. 2-seeded Chesapeake Bayhawks will be defending their 2012 title against three-seed Hamilton at 4 p.m. on Saturday, live on CBS Sports. Top-seed Denver battles upstart Charlotte in the first semifinal at 1 p.m. Saturday (ESPN2). Winners advance to Sunday's championship game at 3 p.m. (ESPN2).

In preparation for the season finale, Inside Lacrosse is hosting a series of live Google+ Hangouts this week, and Wednesday night we talked to Charlotte Hounds and former Loyola teammates Eric Lusby and Mike Sawyer. This video chat was broadcast live on InsideLacrosse.com, as well as through IL's Google+ account and YouTube channel.

Lusby, the 2012 Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Final Four for the national champion Loyola Greyhounds, is in his second year with the Hounds. The attackman put up 21 points in the regular season. Just behind him in points on Charlotte's attack is his former teammate Sawyer. The North Carolina native put up 20 points as an MLL rookie and also set the world record for the fastest lacrosse shot at 114 MPH in this year's MLL All-Star Game.

The two each topped 50 goals in 2012 for the champion Greyhounds, with Sawyer being named a Tewaaraton Trophy finalist. This year they've joined Matt Danowski and Ryan Young to help form an offense that finished tied for third in the league with 12.7 points per game.

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Below are the full archived chats with Lusby/Sawyer, Jesse and Nicky. Stop by Thursday at 3 p.m. to talk to Hamilton Nationals Kevin Crowley and Joe Walters.

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